Chapter 71
Compared to Lu Yu's coldness, the second young master Lu Huan looked at Chen Jiao much more enthusiastic. Chen Jiao only planned to call her cousin to recognize her and then retreat, but Lu Huan took the initiative to chat with her: "My cousin looks so young, how old is this year?"
The three girls in the Lu family are all very slim, but Lu Huan feels that the three sisters are not as slender and petite as the little cousin in front of you, with a white face, big black eyes, and watery and beautiful like a flower.
Chen Jiao doesn’t like Lu Huan, or in other words, the one Chen Jiao wants to avoid most is Lu Huan.
In the memories of the original body, Lu Huan is the most enthusiastic about her, but it is a kind of ambition. The original body has ambiguous relationship with the three cousins, and only Lu Huan dares to touch her. Such a love is very dangerous. Chen Jiao, who has experienced three lives, can see that the original body simply thought she could play with Lu Huan and applaud Lu Yu. He used Lu Huan many times to approach Lu Yu, including when the original body was preparing to drug Lu Yu, he also used Lu Huan's introduction.
Finally, the man who accidentally drank the medicinal tea was Lu Huan. Who knows whether Lu Huan was really innocent or was using the trick?
In short, the original body and Lu Huan became a resentful couple, mainly because the original body chose the wrong path and did not know how to cherish the person in front of him. Later, the original body saw that Lu Huan inherited the title and then curled up to please him. Lu Huan's ruthless rejection was considered a common human nature, and it is understandable. But Chen Jiao doesn't like men like Lu Huan.
Now she is a cousin who is taken care of by her uncle and aunt. She has plenty of time to find her future husband, so she doesn't have to force herself.
"It's twelve." Chen Jiao stood beside her cousin Lu Zhen as if she was accustomed to her, and replied in a low voice, tactfully repelling more conversations.
When Lu Huan saw this, he was afraid that he would scare this little cousin, so he just smiled.
The two brothers also have a sister named Lu Wan. This year, they are ranked second among the three girls in the Marquis’ Mansion.
Lu Wan, like the Marquis’ wife Wei, was very arrogant and did not like Chen Jiao very much.
It was getting late, and the second wife led her children to say goodbye.
The snow was getting heavier and heavier outside. Before the maids could clean it up, their feet were creaking on the snow.
Lu Zhen held Chen Jiao's arm, and the cousins walked under an umbrella. Lu Zhen whispered to Chen Jiao: "Brother has never liked to laugh since he was a child, but others are good. If we have any trouble, we can help him. My second brother used to be very bad and liked to bully us. He has become sensible in the past two years and is easy to get along with. For the second sister, she is arrogant and we should not mess with her."
This is a reminder to her how to get along with the people of the Lu family. Chen Jiao listened carefully and nodded.
Chen Jiao lived in Pingxi Hou Mansion. Perhaps the climate difference between Suzhou and Liangzhou was too great. Chen Jiao fell ill the next day, coughing and running nose. Lu Run and Lu Zhen often came to accompany her. The other two rooms, the girls did not show up. Lu Huan and Lu Che came here several times.
Chen Jiao pretended to be lazy by illness, and was listless and stingy with words.
The fourth young master Lu Che first lost interest in visiting Chen Jiao. He felt that this cousin was timid and boring, and he had nothing to say when he stayed together. He tried to make her happy, but his cousin just laughed perfunctorily. Lu Che was hit and gradually stopped coming to the second room to play. A cousin pursuer was missing, and Chen Jiao was happy to see her success.
The remaining two are cousin Lu Run, a young man who is like a zhilan and a beautiful tree. At present, it seems that he only regards Chen Jiao as his sister, so Chen Jiao only regards him as his cousin.
Only Lu Huan, whether Chen Jiao smiled or not, Lu Huan liked to come over, which made Chen Jiao very troubled.
After raising Chen Jiao for half a month, she finally recovered. Lu Zhen happily took Chen Jiao to visit the entire Hou Mansion.
Chen Jiao agreed happily, and she also wanted to move her muscles and bones.
The air in the northwest was dry and cold, and the winter clothes that Chen Jiao brought from Suzhou were useless at all. The second wife specially bought several sets of winter clothes for her niece. Today, Chen Jiao wore a light pink jacket and white long skirt inside, and a slightly darker pink peach blossom embroidered cloak with snow-white fox hair on the outside. When Chen Jiao dressed up like this, her illness immediately disappeared, pink and tender, fresh and beautiful.
"There are no flowers in the yard now, and it looks good in spring." Most of the trees in the garden are bare, with only green pines and cypresses. Lu Zhen introduced it a little embarrassedly.
Chen Jiao smiled and said, "The sky here is very blue, pure and ethereal, I like it very much."
Lu Zhen looked up at the blue sky above, but didn't think it was very beautiful.
The two sisters walked slowly. When they walked around the garden, four figures suddenly appeared in front of them, from tall to short. Lu Yu, Lu Huan, Lu Run, Lu Che, and the four young men from the Hou Mansion were all here.
Seeing the second daughter, Lu Yu continued his cold and arrogant face. Lu Run was better. After all, when he saw Chen Jiao and Lu Huan every day, Lu Che's eyes lit up, and he looked at Chen Jiao, who was pink in surprise.
Chen Jiao lowered her eyes.
Lu Zhen asked curiously: "So together, where are you going?"
Lu Che rushed to say, "We are going to throw a pot on the ice, are you here?"
Chen Jiao said nothing, Lu Zhen curled her lips and said, "What's so fun about throwing a pot?" She liked to play when she was a child, but when she grew up, she became tired of it. She occasionally invited the sisters in the boudoir to pass the time with throwing a pot.
Lu Che smiled and said, "My second brother said that when we throw the pot, we need to step on the ice, which makes it more difficult to hit it."
When Lu Zhen heard this, he finally became interested and took Chen Jiao's hand and said, "Let's go see it too."
The guest followed the host's will, and Chen Jiao nodded.
The lake water in the back house of the Marquis of Pingxi was already frozen strongly. The young men were going to play with new tricks. The servants came over in advance and dug two large pieces of ice, and then cut the ice into two bricks for the master to step on. The thin-necked copper pot was placed ten steps away from the ice brick, with ears on both sides. The arrows were thrown into the mouth of the pot, and if the arrows were thrown into the ears of the pot, it was calculated to be two minutes.
Lu Zhen pushed away the servant after the table, and she wanted to personally score points for her brothers.
"Is there any lottery?" Lu Zhen asked excitedly before starting.
Lu Huan said: "The loser ran around the lake for fifty laps."
Lu Zhen looked at his own lake and smacked his tongue. He was really running fifty laps, wouldn’t he be exhausted?
Chen Jiao stood next to Lu Zhen and looked at the four cousins with little interest.
According to the order of the elders and young people, the prince Lu Yu came first, and Chen Jiao watched silently and found that the prince seemed to like wearing white clothes and stood on the ice in a white robe, with a faint charm of exiled immortals who were independent of the world.
Lu Yu walked to the ice brick, raised his foot and stepped on the ice brick, his body was as straight as a pines on the top of a mountain. He held one hand behind him, and Lu Yu raised his right hand, as if he just threw it casually. The arrow in his hand flew out and plunged into the left ear of the copper pot. He hit the point, Lu Yu stepped down the ice brick and stood aside with an expressionless face.
"Brother is amazing!" Lu Zhen scored two points next to Lu Yu's name.
When Lu Yu heard this, he looked slightly sideways. Seeing his cousin lowering his head to write, Chen Jiao next to him held the hand stove in both hands, and his eyes were already on his second brother who was about to throw the pot. There was no surprise or admiration on his face, as if his shot was just mediocre.
Lu Yu withdrew his gaze.
Lu Huan also stood on the ice brick. He wanted to compete with his brother and show off in front of his cousin, but his kung fu was still a little bit poor. He didn't hit the ear of the pot and the arrow fell on the ice.
"Second brother has zero points!" Lu Zhen said loudly without hesitation.
Lu Huan's face turned slightly red. When he walked towards his elder brother, he secretly glanced at Chen Jiao, but saw that Chen Jiao had already looked at his third brother Lu Run, with an expectant smile on his face.
Lu Huan was inexplicably discouraged, as if she was laughed at by her, and it was better than being ignored by her.
When looking at Lu Run again, Lu Huan felt a little jealous. Lu Run didn't know what his second brother was thinking, and he didn't have the ambition of his second brother. After standing firmly on the ice brick, Lu Run aimed at the mouth of the pot and threw it over. Lu Run was good at studying, but his kung fu did not fall. He was very accurate and the arrow fell steadily into the mouth of the pot.
"Third brother, one point!" Lu Zhen said authentically as if he was praising.
Lu Huan looked at Chen Jiao again, and Chen Jiao smiled like a flower, but she was just smiling for her third brother.
Lu Yu also noticed Chen Jiao's different treatment. The little girl seemed to only treat her third brother as her cousin. She didn't care about how others performed.
Lu Yu felt that this cousin was very petty and didn't know how to treat her. My second brother visited her many times.
It's the turn of the fourth brother Lu Che.
As soon as Lu Che stepped on the ice brick, he made a joke first. Just as he was about to throw a pot, he slid his feet first and slid to the left. He quickly tilted his body to the right, but he still slid down and sat on the ice.
Lu Zhen laughed loudly, Chen Jiao also lowered her head, covering her lips with her little hands.
When Lu Che saw it, he blushed.
Lu Huan looked at Chen Jiao's smiling face and actually envied his fourth brother a little.
Lu Che fell down and had not yet made a shot. The second round began. Lu Yu was still the same as a god-like style. He hit it as soon as he shot. It was Lu Huan's turn again. Lu Huan gritted his teeth and deliberately learned from the fourth brother Lu Che, and he also fell down.
He fell too poorly, Lu Yu frowned and turned his head, his eyes accidentally swept over the object of his brother's pleasing, but saw that Chen Jiao was still indifferent.
Lu Yu couldn't see through this cousin anymore. She was very kind to her third and fourth brothers. Could it be that she only disliked their brothers?
"My sister Zhen, cousin, you guys come and try it too?"
The plan to make the little cousin laugh failed, so Lu Huan simply ran over and invited him enthusiastically.
Just as Chen Jiao was about to refuse, Lu Zhen jumped up happily: "Okay."
After saying that, Lu Zhen took Chen Jiao's hand and walked forward.
Lu Zhenguang stepped on the ice bricks for a long time, shaking left and right, and Lu Run was holding her back, so she didn't fall.
When Chen Jiao saw her, she knew that she would lose her composure when she went up. When Lu Zhen came down, Chen Jiao said she would not try anything.
Lu Huan thought she was afraid of falling, so she grabbed Chen Jiao's small hand and said gently: "I'm not afraid, my cousin will help you."
At this moment, Lu Huan just wanted to get close to this cousin and had no idea about men and women.
Chen Jiao was very dissatisfied with Lu Huan's actions, and immediately retracted her hand, and expressed her attitude again: "I really don't want to play."
Her face became a little cold.
Lu Huan let go of his hand helplessly and disappointedly.
"Second brother, I'm leaving." A few steps away, Lu Yu suddenly said coldly.
Lu Huan looked at his brother in confusion.
Without any explanation, Lu Yu threw his brother a look of his way and walked straight towards the lake shore.
Lu Huan was afraid of his brother and had to keep up.
After walking away, Lu Huan looked back and asked strangely: "Brother, you're having a good time, why didn't you suddenly stop playing?"
Lu Yu looked ahead and looked cold, "Stop talking to Chen Jiao in the future."
Chapter completed!